On behalf of the Indian industry and its members who have contributed to make Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) a success, the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) on Wednesday congratulated the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and its scientists for an extraordinary feat of getting a spacecraft into the Martian orbit that too on its first attempt.
"It has been a proud moment for the nation to witness one more remarkable achievement of ISRO. Our scientists have proved their mettle and opened the doors for several such scientific endeavours in the future as well," said CII Director General Chandrajit Banerjee.
"One can only imagine that India's share in the multi-billion dollar space market is going to grow in the time to come. More funds should be made available for developing critical technologies and resultant commercialization," he added.
The Director General of CII further said ISRO has not only created history but also sent a message to the entire world that Indian RandD organisations have the best project management skills and the most cost effective solutions even for the highly complex projects like MOM.
"Space missions are important not only from the exploratory/commercial reasons but also for the defence and strategic reasons. Space has become the fourth frontier for the future warfare," he added.
Banerjee further said that MOM is also a testimony of the Public Private Partnership.
"Several CII member companies including Hindustan Aeronautics Limited, Godrej, LandT and hundreds of SMEs have been associated with ISRO programmes. CII could foresee a huge potential for the Indian industry in the space sector," said Banerjee.
"CII takes pride in facilitating industry's engagement with various laboratories of ISRO through various platforms including Bengaluru Space Expo and World Space Biz. CII expects that the visionary leadership of ISRO will make full use of potential of the Indian industry," he added.
The Mars Orbiter Mission was successfully inserted into Martian orbit today morning.
